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RAW file system detected on an external USB storage
Have you ever met the trouble that the external USB storage shows raw file system? As all of us have known it that there is no way to view information which saved on the external USB drive at the previous time when it was detected raw file system, because we even can not open it in that case. It is terrible for us if those original files on the external USB storage were useful or vital. But we do not need to worry too much, as we can try to recover those previous contents from the raw drive.
Case of external USB storage showing raw error
I need you guys help, because raw file system detected on my external USB storage. I was told that the file system of my external USB drive was raw last night when I connected it to the computer. To tell the truth, I was confused at that time, because I have no idea what going on. Then I got that there is trouble on my external USB storage when I can not open it to access its original data. What should I do if I want to use files stored on the external USB storage previously? -Peril from New York
How to restore information from raw external USB storage with data recovery software
The possible way to retrieve the original information from the external USB storage which shows raw file system error is to use data recovery software, a tool to get the lost files back from storage devices. So we can try to use the data recovery tool to perform raw external USB drive recovery to restore files needed. Here are the steps below:
Recover data from external usb sttorage
Preparation: Connect the external usb sttorage to your computer and download the data recovery software. Then, you can install and run the data recovery software and select a recovery module.
Notice should be taken in order to recovering all files needed
It is easy and simple for nearly all of us to perform steps above with data recovery program to get information wanted from the external USB storage when it is raw file system. What's more, we can perform the raw file system recovery without professional data or computer knowledge. But as a matter of fact, we may fail to retrieve what we need from the raw external USB drive, either. There are some aspects we should take notice of if we want to be successful. Here are some of them as follows:
1. Do not format the problematic external USB storage. The only way to use the raw external USB drive normally is to format it and we would be prompted to format it when double click it, such as information you need to format the disk in drive G before you can use it. It is better not to format the raw external drive if there were contents important saved on the USB drive at the original time. There is bigger chance for us to retrieve the old files from the questionable external USB storage before format it.
2. Do not select the raw external USB drive as the location to save data recovery tool and information to be recovered. We need to choose the location to launch the data restoration program in step1 and location to store files to be restored in step5. The proper action is to save both of them on one of the computer hard disks at first if available but not the raw external USB storage.
3. Do not perform CHKDSK operation on the questionable external USB storage. Some of us tend to check the disk when it is the trouble of raw file system, because we want to make it clear that what the wrong with it is. As a matter of fact, it is better not to perform any operation on the raw external USB drive before perform the files recovery in case of failure.
4. Other operations should be avoided performing on the raw external USB drive in case of failure.
Storage devices which may be detected raw file system
There are various kinds of storage devices, such as external hard disk drive, USB flash drive, SD card, CF card, MMC card, pen stick, and so on. The unpleasant news is that all of them may show raw file system error when we use it. But the good news is that we can perfume raw file system recovery with data restoration program to retrieve files wanted from it.
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